At 18, Lower Saucon child molester will be under state supervision for 25 years

A Lower Saucon Township teenager who sexually molested two young girls will spend four to 10 years in state prison and be on probation for another 15 years after that, a Northampton County judge decided last week.

When 18-year-old Randy Sean Morris was caught last year, it marked the second time he was charged with sex offenses, according to court records. In 2008, when he was 12, he was convicted in juvenile court of the indecent assault of a 5-year-old.

This time, Morris' victims were both 11 years old, though one reported that the inappropriate touching started when she was 10, Assistant District Attorney Patricia Broscius has said. Broscius called Morris a "high risk" to offend again, citing a psychological evaluation of him.

"The defendant's criminal actions demonstrate his predator instincts," Broscius wrote in a legal filing that said he took advantage of the girls' vulnerabilities and violated them in a "sexually abusive way."

Morris was sentenced Friday by Judge Michael Koury Jr. after previously pleading guilty to two felony charges of indecent assault and two of corrupting a minor.

Morris will have to register for the rest of his life as a sex offender, and he did not contest that he is a sexually violent predator, a designation that brings enhanced reporting and counseling requirements.

Morris was charged last summer after a neighbor of his Scenic View Lane home noticed him sitting on the porch with one of the girls, fondling her, Broscius has said.